Just another day ...

Hello ... it is another beautiful day ... remember to laugh often ... its good for the soul!

We have long time family friends visiting from Germany for a few days. A big family get together this afternoon.

I was able to complete my French Marketplace book yesterday, photos and all ... this is the page that came in the jar ...

This book is loaded with techniques ....

Love the canvas bag ...

The flags are stitched, and distressed and crackled and shiny with glossy accents

Printed on linen ...

Fabric flowers and chalkboard paint on chipboard ....

and there's a piece of chalk in the canvas bag, so we can erase and change the chalkboards!

Enjoy your week .... looking forward to a long 3-day weekend celebrating the 4th of July!

Happy Father's Day!

Lots of Dads out there being treated extra special today ... enjoy it!!

Last month the Creatologie kit was a "HE" book .... this is definitely one of my favorites to date. Unique in the stitching and design ... got it all put together, complete with photos, just in time for Father's Day. I couldn't decide the best way to photograph it ... none of them do the book justice ... but you'll get the idea ...

Have a great week!

Welcome to the French Marketplace

Another fabulous event at Carol Wingerts ...

Twelve lucky women gathered at Carols last Saturday to begin the process of building her latest heirloom book. This was the entry into The French Market Place ...

The presentation of the kits and place settings where almost too pretty to touch .....

But we did break into them .... this is the almost finished cover to my book.

Since this event was in June, in Gilbert, everyone assumed it would be too hot to sit outside, so the tables were moved indoors. But to everyone's amazement, the weather was a perfect 92 degrees ... almost underheard of for a Phoenix summer! Carol had the couches set outside with numerous workstations. It was a perfect day!

The food was fabulous .... we were fed and catered to all day by Carol's lovely daughter, Ashley.

And we definitely had an opportunity to pick up our favorite embellishments at the marketplace!

Thank you Carol for another fabulous day. You are so full of inspiration and talent!